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Article: Fed: Developments in hunger strike
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- AAP General News (Australia)
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- January 8, 2004
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AAP General News (Australia)
01-08-2004
Fed: Developments in hunger strike
Key developments in hunger strike on Nauru:
Dec 10 - Four Afghani asylum seekers sew their lips together and five others begin hunger strike.
Dec 13 - 11 more join hunger strike.
Dec 14 - First asylum seeker taken to hospital.
Dec 15 - Seven taken to hospital, others reported to be urinating blood. 24 now on hunger strike.
Dec 16 - Asylum seekers on Nauru launch legal action against the federal government,
claiming they are being falsely imprisoned.
Dec 17 - Immigration Minister Amanda Vanstone says hunger strikers are not the Australian
government's problem. 36 now on hunger strike.
Dec 24 - United ...